Navigation Specialisation in the RFA

[Sam123]

if I wants to specialise in navigation in the rfa what exams and qualifications would I need after I have gained oow

[Chiefy]

PARDON? OOW is the navigation qualification, EOOW is for engineers.....unless the RFA really have gone all Military?

[GuinnessMan]

unless the RFA really have gone all Military?

They just wish they had.....

[CharlieDelta]

Sam, just to clarify, in the MN you train for the job you want all the way through - the deck and engineering departments follow different courses. There's no initial common training followed by specialisation.

[Lewis]

Not quite most of the short courses overlap.

[Chiefy]

Not quite most of the short courses overlap.

True but the vocational bit..ie oily hand prints or window licking are what you do from day 1 depending which side you have chosen, the STCW malarky is for all

[Steve]

Ignore the previous posts, they obviously didn't understand the question.

To progress beyond 2nd Officer, and to hold the post of 'Navigator', you will have to complete the Preliminary Navigating Officer (PNO) and Fleet Navigating Officer (FNO) courses. If you are really, really switched on, you can go on to the Specialist Navigating Officer course (Spec-N). These are all run by the RN, and you will be offered them as a routine matter of career development.

[CharlieDelta]

Pfft. That's all far too complicated.